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03 March 2010 [14:15]
03 March 2010 [13:48]
Tehran and Islamabad are to finalize a major gas deal on March 9-10 to prepare the way for the export of Iranian natural gas to Pakistan through the “Peace Pipeline.”
03 March 2010 [13:34]
03 March 2010 [13:28]
EU delegation will hold official meetings in Georgia today.
03 March 2010 [13:22]
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomenei met with Cultural Attaché at the Iranian embassies in foreign countries.
03 March 2010 [13:09]
The high-level delegation of the European Union will visit the Upper Larsi-Kazbegi border exit-point, which was opened by Georgia and Russia two days ago.
03 March 2010 [13:04]
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Egypt was a strategic partner of Turkey, sharing many regional problems.
03 March 2010 [12:45]
Iranian specialists have manufactured intellectual radar by using a brand new polymer, Sukheil Yuzkhani, Rah Puyan company director of scientific research said.
03 March 2010 [12:36]
Four miners died at a blast at Tkibuli mine in western Georgia.
03 March 2010 [12:32]
Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay on Tuesday left for the United Arab Emirates on an official visit.
03 March 2010 [12:21]
A senior Iranian oil official says tenders would be put out for eight new oil and gas exploration blocks in the country in the near future.
03 March 2010 [12:04]
Armenian and Norwegian foreign ministries' officials held political consultations in Yerevan on March 2.
03 March 2010 [11:47]
03 March 2010 [11:44]
Turkish Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergun said Tuesday that the current intra-trade volume among the D-8 did not reflect the true trade potential.
03 March 2010 [11:39]
The UN Security Council might discuss Iran's nuclear program and Western proposals for a fourth round of sanctions against Iran this month, Gabon's envoy said.
03 March 2010 [11:23]
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will attend a nuclear security summit in the United States, hosted by President Barack Obama.
03 March 2010 [11:18]
The European Union (EU) will allocate a 157.3 million euros to Armenia as part of the European Neighborhood Policy.
03 March 2010 [11:13]
Christian Democrat Movement accuses the leader of the parliamentary majority of misleading society.
03 March 2010 [11:09]
Iran is to sign a contract with Russia's Gazprom this month for the development of Azar oilfield in western Iran, says an official at the National Iranian Oil Company.
03 March 2010 [10:50]
03 March 2010 [10:35]
03 March 2010 [10:26]
A delegation of Armenian MPs will leave for U.S. on March 3 at the invitation of Mark Kirk and Frank Pallone, Co-Chairmen of Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues.
03 March 2010 [10:20]
03 March 2010 [09:53]
Workers of TEKEL (Tobacco and Liquor Administration) on Tuesday ended their protest that continued for 78 days.
03 March 2010 [09:47]
A spokeswoman for Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says Canada will use its G8 presidency to press for more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
02 March 2010 [20:57]
Foreign Minister Murray McCully of New Zealand will pay a formal visit to Turkey from March 3 to 5.
02 March 2010 [20:41]
One should not endanger the Turkish-American relations, considering resolution on so-called "genocide" of Armenians in the U.S. Congress, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
02 March 2010 [20:35]
A criminal case filed on the daughter of Rafsanjani, Faiza Hashemi and his son Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian Justice Minister Murtaza Bakhtiari said.
02 March 2010 [20:16]
World's third largest plant genetic resource bank will be opened in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday.
02 March 2010 [20:10]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned that the international community is moving too slowly to follow Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
02 March 2010 [19:53]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is in Egypt on a formal visit, met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el Sheikh on Tuesday.
02 March 2010 [19:48]
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday there was still room for diplomacy rather than sanctions to produce a solution to the dispute with Iran over its nuclear program.
02 March 2010 [19:35]
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would visit London in March.
02 March 2010 [19:24]
Japan made a new offer to Iran to sell 20-percent enriched uranium Iranian Parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee member Zohra Ilahiyan said.
02 March 2010 [19:11]
02 March 2010 [19:03]
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Tuesday urged Turkey and Armenia on behalf of the European Union to speed up stalled reconciliation efforts.
02 March 2010 [18:53]
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested at his residence and transferred to an unknown location.
02 March 2010 [18:37]
Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin will go to Italy on Wednesday upon an invitation from Gianfranco Fini, the president of Italian House of Representatives.
02 March 2010 [18:32]
The 23rd International Conference of Islamic Unity has opened in the Iranian capital, Tehran, with focus on major challenges facing Muslims across the globe.
02 March 2010 [18:27]
02 March 2010 [18:15]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday that he was misunderstood in his criticism of the media last week and that he never pressured Turkish media owners to dismiss journalists.
02 March 2010 [17:56]
China has called for more negotiations over Iran's nuclear program after Russia suggested it may consider new sanctions against Tehran.
02 March 2010 [17:50]
02 March 2010 [17:44]
02 March 2010 [17:28]
02 March 2010 [17:13]
Turkey could pull its troops off Cyprus if there was a deal, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
02 March 2010 [17:00]
02 March 2010 [16:55]
02 March 2010 [16:47]
A Turkish general and a prosecutor have been charged with belonging to an alleged network aiming to discredit the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government and prompt a military coup.
02 March 2010 [16:24]
02 March 2010 [16:19]
Georgia has held political consultations with Poland.
02 March 2010 [16:13]
An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted the Raver town in the Kerman province of Iran this morning.
02 March 2010 [16:05]
02 March 2010 [15:38]
Dozens of Iranians gathered in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Tehran on Monday to protest against Oslo's interventionist policies in regard to Iran's internal affairs.
02 March 2010 [15:29]
The leader of the Protect Georgia, Levan Gachechiladze, is waiting for his colleagues to determine his role and place in the united opposition.
02 March 2010 [15:23]
Turkish General Staff announced that military prosecutors relaunched the investigation into suspected military plot to topple the government.
02 March 2010 [15:16]
An official at Austrian major gas company OMV says the transport of Iranian gas via the Nabucco pipeline would be interesting in the long term.
02 March 2010 [15:02]
02 March 2010 [14:45]
Armenia has presented its proposals on uncoordinated items on the Madrid principles to co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told press conference.
02 March 2010 [14:42]
U.N. Secretary General has a new representative in Georgia.
02 March 2010 [14:37]
02 March 2010 [14:34]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it could take several months to impose new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
02 March 2010 [14:17]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay an official visit to France on March 9-11.
02 March 2010 [14:08]
Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday that Turkey supported the Turkish Cypriot cause regardless of who the president is.
02 March 2010 [13:52]
Head of Iranology Section of the Oriental Studies Center at Russian Academy of Sciences, Nina Mamedova says sanctions would not affect Iran at all as Iranians have got used to western sanctions since 1979.
02 March 2010 [13:39]
02 March 2010 [13:19]
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) demands early presidential and parliamentary elections in Armenia this summer, stated ANC central office Coordinator Levon Zurabyan.
02 March 2010 [13:04]
02 March 2010 [12:53]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
02 March 2010 [12:31]
02 March 2010 [12:15]
02 March 2010 [12:07]
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was named on Monday winner of the inaugural prize of the UN Habitat, which was established in honour of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
02 March 2010 [11:58]
Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) insists that Tehran is "fully" cooperating with the nuclear watchdog.
02 March 2010 [11:50]
Georgians consider Mikheil Saakashvili, the present-day President of Georgia, the most power-loving politician.
02 March 2010 [11:22]
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Kyrgyzstan's ambassador to Tehran to protest Bishkek's denial that terrorist leader Abdolmalek Rigi was arrested on one of its airliners on February 23.